Life in Elizabethan England: A Compendium of Common Knowledgeis a collection of information about daily life from 1558 to 1603 for "writers, actors, and re-enactors." Includes well-researched anecdotes, often with attractive and authentic graphics:

Moulton, Charles Wells.Moulton's Library of Literary Criticism of English and American Authors, 1901. Text provides a collection of commentaries and criticism from the Early Modern Period through to the late nineteenth century:

"Open Source Shakespeare attempts to be the best free Web site containing Shakespeare's complete works. It is intended for scholars, thespians, and Shakespeare lovers of every kind. OSS includes the 1864 Globe Edition of the complete works, which was the definitive single-volume Shakespeare edition for over a half-century." Use the advanced search function, read the plays, and look up words in the concordance:

A collection of images of Renaissance and Baroque architecture and sculpture are available at the Art Images for College Teaching (AICT) website. This site is designed by Allan T. Kohl of the Minneapolis College of Art & Design:

The University of Toronto on its websiteRepresentative Poetry On-Lineprovides a collection of poetry criticism written in both prose and verse including articles by Arnold, Keats, and other poets and critics on Shakespeare. Search by keyword "Shakespeare":

Several individual plays and other early titles of interest are available in facsimile from theFurness Libraryat the University of Pennsylvania. The site requires a modern browser and a fast connection to the Internet:

The wonderfulFurness Library, at the University of Pennsylvania, now provides vibrant facsimiles from various Shakespeare plays and other renaissance works of interest in Shakespeare studies, such asHolinshed's Chronicles. This site requires Flash plug-in:

Shakespeare Illustrated, a scholarly and growing site developed by Harry Rusche, has a fine collection of images of earlier illustrations of the plays. Some are currently offline for copyright reasons, but the collection is still impressive, and is accompanied by some insightful critical materials:

The University of Virginia's "Shakespearean Prompt-Books of the Seventeenth Century" provides extensive historical materials on early prompt-books as well as its collection of prompt-books edited by G. Blakemore Evans:

The Frank Furness Collectionat the University of Pennsylvania Library includes the text of various Shakespeare plays as well as graphic examples of the originals; the site also has other relevant Renaissance texts. This site requires flash plug-in: